Chapter 123: Warm Water and Numbness
Elora's POV
The sharpest shard of bone china, wrapped in a strip of cloth, lay hidden deep in the seam of my right sleeve.
For the first two nights, I didn't sleep at all. Every faint clink of boot buckles outside the door sent my muscles coiling tight, fingers digging into the rough fabric, ready...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1：Ice, Snow, and Embers
2. Chapter 2: Desperation and Judgment
3. Chapter 3: Gilded Chains
4. Chapter 4: The Palace Above the Abyss
5. Chapter 5: Cold Fingers
6. Chapter 6: Rules and Probing
7. Chapter 7: Counterattack and Wildflowers
8. Chapter 8: Hard Bread in the Black Cell
9. Chapter 9: The Black Fire Out of Control
10. Chapter 10: The Elixir Beneath the Ice
11. Chapter 11: Heartbeat in the Forbidden Archive
12. Chapter 12: Hunter in the Shadows
13. Chapter 13: Trial Under Sunlight
14. Chapter 14: No Escape
15. Chapter 15: Dangerous Recognition
16. Chapter 16: Shattered Meridians
17. Chapter 17: Cold Fingers in the Nightmare
18. Chapter 18: Silver Strand on the Pillow
19. Chapter 19：Midterm Trial
20. Chapter 20：Welcome to my hunting ground
21. Chapter 21：Iron Crocodile
22. Chapter 22: The Price of Nobility
23. Chapter 23: Catastrophic Explosion
24. Chapter 24: Absolute Incineration
25. Chapter 25: The Nobles' Plea for Mercy
26. Chapter 26: Falling into Extreme Cold
27. Chapter 27: Darian's Heart Blood
28. Chapter 28: Resonance
29. Chapter 29: Tit for Tat
30. Chapter 30: Aftermath of the Trial
31. Chapter 31: Caged Beast
32. Chapter 32: A Blade Against the Spine
33. Chapter 33: Rowan's Warning
34. Chapter 34: Caged Beast and the Blade of Breakthrough
35. Chapter 35: Conspiracy and Cold Flame
36. Chapter 36: The Tower and the Ice
37. Chapter 37: Lamb to the Slaughter
38. Chapter 38: Lamb to the Slaughter (Part II)
39. Chapter 39: Lies in the Prison Cell
40. Chapter 40: Throne and Arena
41. Chapter 41: Throne and Arena (Part Two)
42. Chapter 42: Ballroom and Iron Armor
43. Chapter 43: Bones and Betrayal
44. Chapter 44: The Hunt and the Hidden Arrow
45. Chapter 45: The Torn Disguise
46. Chapter 46: Nyx's Confession
47. Chapter 47: The Wavering Holy Light
48. Chapter 48: Breaking Through the Siege
49. Chapter 49: Holy Light, Heart's Blood, and the Backlash of Destruction
50. Chapter 50: Wildfire
51. Chapter 51: The Primogenitor's Heart Blood
52. Chapter 52: The Primogenitor's Heart Blood（2）
53. Chapter 53: Silver Wolf and Glacier Blood Battle
54. Chapter 54: Tyrant of the Wilderness
55. Chapter 55: Prey and Compromise
56. Chapter 56: Blizzard and Wolf's Den
57. Chapter 57: The Scorching Cage
58. Chapter 58: The Scorching Cage (Part 2)
59. Chapter 59: Raw Meat and Scent
60. Chapter 60: Bonfire
61. Chapter 61: Avalanche
62. Chapter 62: Reverse Scale
63. Chapter 63: Dragonborn and Resonance
64. Chapter 64: Resonance and Burden
65. Chapter 65: Carnage
66. Chapter 66: Seizing the Reins
67. Chapter 67: Countdown Before the Blizzard
68. Chapter 68: The Valley of Sighs and Killing Intent
69. Chapter 69: The Sighing Ice Valley and Killing Intent (Part 2)
70. Chapter 70: The Abyss Bridge and the Maelstrom of Magic
71. Chapter 71: The Abyss Bridge and Magical Turbulence (Part Two)
72. Chapter 72: Alone and the Labyrinth
73. Chapter 73: The Hidden Chamber and the Crystal Coffin
74. Chapter 74: The Submission of the Inorganic
75. Chapter 75: The Spirit Spring
76. Chapter 76: Out-of-Control Reforging and Cold Fingers
77. Chapter 77: The Possession of the Inorganic
78. Chapter 78: Nightmare and the Lone Wolf Guarding His Food
79. Chapter 79: Nightmare and the Lone Wolf Guarding His Food (Part 2)
80. Chapter 80: Reverse Scale and Dragon's Desire
81. Chapter 81: Reverse Scale and Dragon's Desire（2）
82. Chapter 82: Eternal Night and the Descent of Blood
83. Chapter 83
84. Chapter 84
85. Chapter 85
86. Chapter 86
87. Chapter 87
88. Chapter 88: A Saint's Pathology
89. Chapter 89: The Frozen Lake and the Subterranean Current
90. Chapter 90: Beneath the Surface
91. Chapter 91: Absurd Redemption
92. Chapter 92: Ice and Fire
93. Chapter 93: The Fallen Saint
94. Chapter 94: The Fallen Saint (II)
95. Chapter 95: Crimson Confession
96. Chapter 96: Fractured Composure
97. Chapter 97: The Obsession of Eternal Night
98. Chapter 98: The Arrogance of the Blood Nest
99. Chapter 99: Whispers in the Deep Night
100. Chapter 100: The Captive Beast's Awakening
101. Chapter 101: The Blind-Eyed Visitor in the Snowstorm
102. Chapter 102: Cracks in the Dungeon
103. Chapter 103: A Dangerous Game
104. Chapter 104: The Burning Bargain
105. Chapter 105: Ember's Theft
106. Chapter 106: The Obsessive Wedding Gown
107. Chapter 107: Faint Warmth in the Undercurrent
108. Chapter 108: The Devouring of the Sacred Pool
109. Chapter 109: The Crimson Prelude and the Infiltration of Shadows
110. Chapter 110: The Shattered Crimson Wedding
111. Chapter 111: Wildfire Unquenched
112. Chapter 112: The Torn Red Veil and Shadows
113. Chapter 113: Orange Flames and Lingering Warmth in Frostwatch
114. Chapter 114: Embers and Shadows by the Hearth
115. Chapter 115
116. Chapter 116: The Thread to the Abyss of Perdition
117. Chapter 117: Rat Tunnels Beneath the Sacred Light
118. Chapter 118: The Iron Lock of the Abyss Core
119. Chapter 119: The Abyss's Dead End
120. Chapter 120: Stealth and the Abyss's Cage
121. Chapter 121: The Saint's Shackles
122. Chapter 122
123. Chapter 123: Warm Water and Numbness
124. Chapter 124: Sin and Redemption
125. Chapter 125: Madness
126. Chapter 126: The Turn
127. Chapter 127: A Martyr with Clear Eyes
128. Chapter 128: Reunion in the Storm
129. Chapter 129: The Trap
130. Chapter 130: Darian's Terms
131. Chapter 131: Terms and the Secret Method
132. Chapter 132: Blood Redemption and Old Dreams
133. Chapter 133: Alliances Forged Before the Storm
134. Chapter 134: Blood-Red Standoff and Crossed Ancient Secrets (Part One)
135. Chapter 135: Blood-Red Standoff and Crossed Ancient Secrets (Part Two)
136. Chapter 136: Release in the Undertow, and a Night of Surrender
137. Chapter 137: Eve of the Execution and a Shadow's Gambit
138. Chapter 138: Ambush at the Guillotine (Part One)
139. Chapter 139: Ambush at the Guillotine (Part Two)
140. Chapter 140: The Mirage of Rain and the Abyss Below
141. Chapter 141: A Cradle for the Fallen, a Flicker in the Dark
142. Chapter 142: The Shattered Illusion and the Nightmare's Core
143. Chapter 143: The Abyss's Erosion and the Blood-Arc of Dawn
144. Chapter 144: Slumber
145. Chapter 145: Aiden's Love
146. Chapter 146: Chains
147. Chapter 147: The Blade of Pure solar
148. Chapter 148: A Desperate Gamble
149. Chapter 149: Dawn and Surrender
150. Chapter 150: Vulnerabilities and the Drums of War
151. Chapter 151: The War Begins
152. Chapter 152: Strategy
153. Chapter 153: Infiltration
154. Chapter 154: The Abyss's Second Avatar
155. Chapter 155: The Abyss's Second Avatar (II)
156. Chapter 156: The Abyss's Second Avatar (III)
157. Chapter 157: The Second Incarnation of the Abyss — Defeated
158. Chapter 158: The Last Collapse and the Only Way Forward
159. Chapter 159: Bone and Blood, Both Burned to Ash
160. Chapter 160: The Thorn in the Marrow
161. Chapter 161: The Thorn in the Marrow (II)
162. Chapter 162: Consumed by Blood and Fire
163. Chapter 163: The Road Home and the Eve of Coronation
164. Chapter 164: The Coronation of a New Queen and the Horizon Beyond
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